Abihail = "my father is might"

1. a Levite in Moses's time

2. a Gadite

3. father of Esther

4. wife of Abishur

5. wife of Rehoboam

letter, missive

Esther = "star"

1. the queen of Persia, heroine of the book of Esther - daughter of Abihail, cousin and adopted daughter of Mordecai, of the tribe of Benjamin, made queen by king Ahasuerus to replace divorced queen, Vashti.

sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative

with, near, together with

1. with, together with

2. with (of relationship)

3. near (of place)

4. with (poss.)

5. from...with, from (with other prep)

daughter

1. daughter, girl, adopted daughter, daughter-in-law, sister, granddaughters, female child, cousin

   1. as polite address

      proper feminine noun

   2. as designation of women of a particular place

   3. as personification

   4. daughter-villages

   5. description of character

young women, women

this, this one, here, which, this...that, the one...the other, such

1. (alone)

   1. this one

   2. this...that, the one...the other, another

2. (appos to subst)

   1. this

3. (as predicate)

   1. this, such

4. (enclitically)

   1. then

   2. who, whom

   3. how now, what now

   4. what now

   5. wherefore now

   6. behold here

   7. just now

   8. now, now already

5. (poetry)

   1. wherein, which, those who

6. (with prefixes)

   1. in this (place) here, then

   2. on these conditions, herewith, thus provided, by, through this, for this cause, in this matter

   3. thus and thus

   4. as follows, things such as these, accordingly, to that effect, in like manner, thus and thus

   5. from here, hence, on one side...on the other side

   6. on this account

   7. in spite of this, which, whence, how

Jew

all, the whole

1. all, the whole of

2. any, each, every, anything

3. totality, everything

to write, record, enrol

1. (Qal)

   1. to write, inscribe, engrave, write in, write on

   2. to write down, describe in writing

   3. to register, enrol, record

   4. to decree

2. (Niphal)

   1. to be written

   2. to be written down, be recorded, be enrolled

3. (Piel) to continue writing

queen

Mordecai = "little man" or "worshipper of Mars"

1. cousin and adoptive father of queen Esther; son of Jair of the tribe of Benjamin; deliverer under Divine providence of the children of Israel from the destruction plotted by Haman the chief minister of Ahasuerus; institutor of the feast of Purim

2. a Jew who returned from exile with Zerubbabel

Pur or Purim = "lot" or "piece"

1. lot

   1. a special feast among the post-exilic Jews, to celebrate their deliverance from Haman's destruction through queen Esther's heroic actions

to rise, arise, stand, rise up, stand up

1. (Qal)

   1. to arise

   2. to arise (hostile sense)

   3. to arise, become powerful

   4. to arise, come on the scene

   5. to stand

      1. to maintain oneself

      2. to be established, be confirmed

      3. to stand, endure

      4. to be fixed

      5. to be valid

      6. to be proven

      7. to be fulfilled

      8. to persist

      9. to be set, be fixed

2. (Piel)

   1. to fulfil

   2. to confirm, ratify, establish, impose

3. (Polel) to raise up

4. (Hithpael) to raise oneself, rise up

5. (Hiphil)

   1. to cause to arise, raise

   2. to raise, set up, erect, build

   3. to raise up, bring on the scene

   4. to raise up, rouse, stir up, investigate

   5. to raise up, constitute

   6. to cause to stand, set, station, establish

   7. to make binding

   8. to carry out, give effect to

6. (Hophal) to be raised up

second

1. second (the ordinal number)

2. again (a second time)

3. another, other (something as distinct from something else)

authority, power, strength, energy